For the second consecutive day, the United States surpassed 1,000 fatalities due to the coronavirus, repeating a cycle of five days above 1,000 followed by two days below, according to data collected by worldometers.info.
The seven-day running average for coronavirus fatalities stayed above 900 for the 51st straight day. At the current pace, the United States will top 200,000 fatalities within 20 days.
The seven-day running average for daily new cases reported has not fallen below 40,000 since June 28th.
Texas, California and Florida again exceeded 100 deaths each. Those states also led the country in the number of new cases reported Wednesday.